Privilege escalation in OfficeScan - CVE-2017-14088

 

Privilege escalation in OfficeScan - CVE-2017-14088

Published: October 11, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8808
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14088
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Trend Micro
Affected software:
OfficeScan

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in the handling of IOCTL 0x220008 and 0x22006C within tmwfp.sys. A local attacker can escalate privileges to resources normally reserved for the kernel.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-14088

Install updated versions from vendor's website.

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